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A daughter keeps her father secretly wakeful, and worry over her robs him of sleep; when she is young, lest she do not marry, or if married, lest she be hated;
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while a virgin, lest she be defiled or become pregnant in her father's house; or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful, or, though married, lest she be barren.
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Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and put you to shame before the great multitude.
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Do not look upon any one for beauty, and do not sit in the midst of women;
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for from garments comes the moth, and from a woman comes woman's wickedness.
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Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; and it is a woman who brings shame and disgrace.
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I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works are done.
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The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
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The Lord has not enabled his holy ones to recount all his marvelous works, which the Lord the Almighty has established that the universe may stand firm in his glory.
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He searches out the abyss, and the hearts of men, and considers their crafty devices. For the Most High knows all that may be known, and he looks into the signs of the age.
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He declares what has been and what is to be, and he reveals the tracks of hidden things.